AFLIGA Thought Leadership Series

(2026 Edition)

A multi-disciplinary initiative that fosters strategic intellectual dialogue, provokes critical thinking, and shapes progressive policies and action on Africa’s most pressing leadership and development issues.

THEME:

Re-Imagining Africa’s SMEs Financing, Trade, Governance and Economic Development Goals in the next Decade:

Any Hope for Agenda 2063?

Date:

26th August

2026

Time:

9am GMT

11am SAT

12pm EAT

Venue:

La Palm Royal Beach

ACCRA – GHANA

Theory of Change

The primary aim of the second edition of AFLIGA’s Thought Leadership series is to offer both physical and online space to critically discuss and explore different viewpoints and offer shared values with respect to Africa’s governance, security,
and development frameworks within the context of Agenda 2063.

This edition also seeks to foster constructive interaction on the feasibility of achieving the vision outlined in Agenda 2063 and to explore the necessary conditions for its realisation.

Keynote Speaker

H.E. MR. MAMADOU BITEYE

Executive Secretary – Africa Capacity Building Foundation

Chief Guest of Honour

H.E. Francisca Tatchouop Belobe

AU Commissioner in charge of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals (ETTIM)

Chairperson - OPENING SESSION

H.E. Mrs Betty
Mould-Iddrisu

Member, Council of State, Ghana

Special Presentation

Dr. Johnson
Pandit Asiamay

Governor, Bank of Ghana

Guest of Honour:

HON. DR. ABDUL-RASHID HASSAN PELPUO

Minister for Labour, Jobs, & Employment – Ghana

HOSTESS/Guest of Honour

HON. Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare

Minister for Trade, Agribusiness,
and Industry

Special Guest of Honour

H.E. HON. SARA BEYSOLOW NYANTI

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia

Contextual Presentation by AfCFTA

Dr. Tsotetsi Makong

Director, Coordination and Programmes, Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

CHAIRPERSON - PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Dr. Irene Stella Agyenim-Boateng

Vice Chairperson,
Public Service Commission, Ghana

Convener

Dr. Emmanuel Dei-Tumi

Executive Director, Africa Future Leaders Institute of Global Affairs (AFLIGA)

MODERATOR

MICHAEL ARMAH, Ph.D.

Higher Education Administrator and Transformational Leadership Advocate

MODERATOR

King David Amo

Corporate Communications and Marketing Lead

Reviewers of the Keynote Presentations

PROF. FELIX KUMAH-ABIWU

Professor, Kent State University, USA

Dr. David Ofosu-Dorte

Senior Partner – AB & David Africa

PROF. KWESI ANNING

Head, Office for International Cooperation (OIC), Kofi Annan Intl. Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra

Panel Discussion 1

SMEs FINANCING UNDER AfCFTA PROTOCOL ON WOMEN AND YOUTH IN TRADE

Mr. Timothy Chizuzu

Chairman, Zimbabwe Miners Federation

Mrs. Kosi A. Yankey-Ayeh

Founder, KAYA Women’s Leadership Institute & Former CEO – Ghana Enterprises Agency

Mr. Akwasi Aboagye

CEO, Bayport Savings and Loans Company

Panel Discussion 2

Trade, Logistics, Infrastructure, and Digital Payment Challenges

Mr. Edward Tetteh-Owusu Akrong

Chief Executive Officer of Sheik Lines Company Limited, and Immediate Past President, Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF)

Dr. David Ofosu-Dorte

Senior Partner – AB & David Africa

Mr. Stanley R. K. Ahorlu, Esq.

President, Ghana Chamber of Shipping

Dr. Fareed Arthur

Consultant of AfCFTA

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